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FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1947 – May 23, 1966
Service recordFloyd Wayne Hamilton, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 105
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MORTAR BTRY 2 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 105
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY LESLIE CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- LOUIS RIDINGSStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
- ERNEST LEE CARTERStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.